Harry Goes to College

Abstract

Introduction:  Two years ago I was teaching Harry to a group of fifth graders when the football scandal at SMU became a national news story.  We had recently finished the chapter concerning Dale and the pledge to the flag, hence we were thinking about rules and laws.  I took a cue from Mrs. Halsey in Chapter Ten and put aside my planned lesson to let the children deal with the problem about which they were presently concerned.  It was using Harry to think about current events.